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Man Utd’s worst fears came alive when it was confirmed that Luke Shaw suffered a double fracture in the leg in a 2-1 loss against PSV Eind...

Man
Utd’s worst fears came alive when it was confirmed that Luke Shaw suffered a
double fracture in the leg in a 2-1 loss against PSV Eindhoven. The Man Utd
left back was substituted early on in the game after a strong tackle in the 15th
minute from Hector Moreno left the player writhing in pain forcing the half to
be prolonged by an extra 8 minutes due delay.

Moreno Makes A Hard Tackle Against Luke Shaw

Both Set Of Players Look On In Concern As Luke Shaw Is Being Attended To

According
to a source close to the team, he believes the injury is incredibly serious and
doubtful if Shaw would take to the pitch this season.

Speaking
after the game as well Louis van Gaal gave his thoughts about the tackle that
saw his left back injured.

Luke Shaw Is Stretchered Off To Applause By Fans In Philips Stadion

“It is awful. The boy is in his
second season and has been playing fantastic and now this happens. He had the
oxygen mask on and was crying in the dressing room”

The
Red Devil’s manager also gave in his comments about the tackle saying “It was a very bad tackle I think, with two
legs.”

Louis Van Gaal Was Not Left Impressed By Moreno's Challenge On Shaw

Man
Utd would be very disappointed by the setback as the young left back has been
in fine form this season and is expected to be out for 3-7 months with LvG
doubting the lad’s chances of featuring in the Champions League group stages.

Support
messages have been coming in with fans, teammates, and former club Southampton all
showing concern, Shaw acknowledged the goodwill messages in a tweet saying:

“Thank you everyone for your
messages, words can’t describe how gutted I am, my road to recovery starts now,
I will come back stronger”

Meanwhile
Hector Moreno, the man at the other end of the tackle, also showed his concern
by admitting he too had broken his leg at the summer World Cup and meant no
harm also wishing the best for the injured player. But the fans of Man Utd are
having none of it with some troll directed at him including some strong abusive
words while some analysts of the game believe he should have been sent off for
the horrendous tackle.

Hands On Head! The Defender's Reaction Was Clearly Visible After Making The Tackle

On
the international front, there are fears Luke Shaw could miss out on the summer
Euros which would be a devastating blow to the player and the English national
team. The English Player has been in fine form and has been backed to make the left back spot his own and join the players in the Century Club of having 100 caps.

With Just Six Senior Caps, Luke Shaw Was Seen As Favorite Over Leighton Baines In Left Back Competition for Euro 2016

It
should also be remembered that, around this time five years ago, Antonio
Valencia suffered similar fate with a broken ankle and damaged ligament in a
Champions League game against Rangers with the Ecuadorian returning to the
pitch 6 months later.

Antonio Valencia Suffered A Horrendous Injury On Sept. 14th 2010 In A Champions League Game Against Rangers

Man
Utd travel to Shaw’s former team Southampton this Sunday in what should be an
enticing encounter with Marcos Rojo expected to be deployed to his replacement
at the back after a struggling performance by Daley Blind.